Rosie. DOGWOOD DIALOGUE Newsletter of the Dogwood District of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

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1 HOLIDAY ISSUE 2016 Director: Rosie Davidson Co-Director Carol Martin Board Members: Adams, Chris Benson, Betty Berry, Johnnie Bourque, Barbara Bozonier, Monica Brown, Joan Camp, Marcia Capps, Rosa Carpenter, Sally Cooper, Sharon Covington, Pam Dennis, Martha Dunn, Lee Edwards, Ann Fawcett, Emily Grogan, Helen Hadley, Johnnie Hamby, Deborah Hawkinson, Nola Henry, Kathy Herndon, Carolyn Holcombe, Sally Johnson, Sheila Kuykendall, Gina Lee, Kathy Lifsey, Marian McConnell, Marianne Millar, Mary Nunley, Liz Simmons, Daphne Simmons, Janis Smith, Tammy Sweat, Tally Taylor, Barbara Trankina, Bettye Vann, Debbie Vannerson, Joy Waith, Terry Whiteman, Jane Whitley, Bette Wolf, Ginny DOGWOOD DIALOGUE Newsletter of the Dogwood District of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. Sharing a passion for gardening with old and new friends Dear Dynamic Dogwoods, It is difficult for me to realize that we are already into November and not too long until Christmas! We have had a busy few months since our last newsletter. Our District Meeting in Douglasville was a huge success and the Area One clubs excelled with everything they did. Thank you to Kathy Henry from Ama-Kanasta who spearheaded this meeting. I was personally delighted that we raised $400 for Cancer Wellness with the quilt raffle and I know that Piedmont will be very happy with this donation. Congratulations to Helen Grogan who so richly deserved the Woman of the Year trophy for everything she has done both for the State and the District. The JoAnn Jones Civic Improvement Award went to two very deserving clubs for the Daffodil Mile, Sandy Springs and Spalding. Club of the Year was awarded to Spalding and we had a special award for Johnny Berry s club, Foxglove, for doing so well in spite of being the smallest club in our district with only four members! Many of our clubs were also awarded certificates for showing their support of so many of the Garden Club of Georgia s projects. We have a wonderful new slate of officers for the Executive Board for and I know you will give them all your support as you did for me. Thank you to the Nominating Committee and Barbara Bourque for all their hard work. We will have our January Board meeting on Tuesday, January 17, and I look forward to a large turnout. This will be the final Board meeting with the existing executive board. I would also like one or two clubs to volunteer to do the refreshments for this meeting, so please me and let me know if you are able to help. I cannot say enough about how wonderful our District is and all the support you have given this Board which is so much appreciated. Many of our clubs are getting ready for the holiday season with decorations, fundraisers and tours and I know they will all be very successful. Try and go and see the Holiday Lights at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens which get better every year and also the Scarecrows in the Garden. Primrose Garden Club made their own scarecrow for this event. I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving and Christmas spending time with your families and friends. Stay Safe. Rosie

2 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 2 DOGWOOD DISTRICT FALL MEETING CLUB OF THE YEAR Congratulations to Spalding Garden Club!!! Lee Dunn, representing Spalding Garden Club, received the Club of the Year Award from Dogwood District Director Rosie Davidson Lee Dunn, Spalding GC, and Lib Thompson, Sandy Springs GC, receiving JoAnn Jones Civic Improvement award for the Daffodil Mile Project which both clubs did together Rosie, Speaker Erica Glasener, and GCG President Martha Price Rosie & Past District Director Helen Grogan who received the Woman of the Year Trophy Congratulations, Helen!! Betty Benson, Jackie Payne & Emily Fawcett, Emeritus members of the GCG Board of Directors, received Certificates of Appreciation from Martha for their many years of service to GCG and Dogwood District.

3 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 3 Ama-Kanasta, Sweetwater and Town & Country Garden Clubs of Douglas County were very pleased to accept their national recognition award for the 2015 Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival Flower Show - "Ooh, La, La!" - from Garden Club of Georgia President Martha Price at the recent Dogwood District Fall Awards Meeting. Town & Country Co-President Linda Hampton with Martha Price Sweetwater Co-Presidents Cyndra Peggau & Cecilla Vincent with Martha Price Ama-Kanasta President Nancy Berry with GCG President Martha Price Barbara Woodell, past President, and Nancy Berry, current President of Ama-Kanasta GC, displaying National blue ribbon & certificate of recognition for 2015 Flower Show- Ooh, La, La! Dogwood District Officers Left - Co-Director -- Chris Adams Right Director Lib Thompson

4 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 4 Ama-Kanasta Garden Club proud to accept "Most Members in Attendance Award" at the recent Dogwood District Fall Awards Meeting and celebrate their Blue Ribbon received from National Garden Clubs for the 2015 Flower Show, "Ooh, La, La!"

5 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 5 Quilt that Rosie Davidson donated for auction. FFGC Pres. Monica Bozonier & Past Dogwood Dir. Helen Grogan Thanks, Rosie! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ama-Kanasta Garden Club 20 members of Ama-Kanasta Garden Club enjoyed a recent field trip to the Chihuly Exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The amazing glass art intermingled with the horticulture of the garden was truly inspirational. Pictured with the art of Chihuly are left to right: Debbie Dodson, Mary Tidwell and Ama-Kanasta President, Nancy Berry

6 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 6 ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW IN DOUGLASVILLE Kathy Henry "America the Beautiful", the 9th Annual Flower Show put on by Ama-Kanasta, Sweetwater and Town & Country Garden Clubs with Co-Sponsor Douglas County Master Gardeners may be over but we are busy completing the Books of Evidence to apply for state awards. While doing so, we are also planning our 10th Annual Flower Show entitled "Making Waves" with our theme Hydrangea - 'Everlasting Ocean'. Our new garden tours are being planned too... Be sure and mark your calendar for June 3-4, 2017! We'd love to have you join us for the Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival in Douglasville! IRIS GARDEN CLUB Iris Garden Club was established on October 18, 1928 in the Ansley Park neighborhood of Atlanta. Iris Members return to Ansley Park every October for annual planting of perennials in Winn Park in central Ansley Park. Cindy Bullock and Tina Blackney are pictured planting hellebores and ferns.

7 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 7 A Scarecrow for the Atlanta Botanical Garden Members of the Primrose Garden Club visited scarecrow, Polly Primrose, at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Polly Primrose was created by Primrose members, Angi Mitchell, Melinda Stuk, and Terri Anne Paguibitan for the 2016 Scarecrow Competition, at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Polly Primrose also was in attendance at the September 2016 Primrose Garden Club meeting. She delighted all of the members in attendance with her lovely autumn feminine attire. Shown in the picture are Angi Mitchell, Terri Anne Paguibitan, Catherine Carrigan, Georgia Nickles, and Beth Towner TABS AND TOILETRIES PROJECT Pull your tabs for the Ronald McDonald House and save those hotel/motel toiletries. Recycled beverage tabs are turned into $$. These tabs and toiletries make your local Ronald McDonald House a home away from home for families of children with serious illnesses who are undergoing treatment at nearby medical facilities. Mark your bags of tabs and toiletries with the name of your garden club. Nola Hawkinson will pick them up at Fulton Federation meetings and Dogwood District meetings. Thanks so much! There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler

8 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 8 FULTON FEDERATION OF GARDEN CLUBS Monica Bozonier Fulton Federation kicked off their season on September 12th with "Wreaths to Please" by Patty Franklin. Patty was a fantastic speaker and everyone enjoyed the day. Riverside West Garden Club provided a delicious assortment of food and a beautiful door prize. If you like having fun, making friends and learning new ideas, join us on November 14th for our next meeting. Our Program is "Bringing Your Garden in for the Holidays" by Jack Driskel. The January 9, 2017, program is Clementis of the South" by Lyndy Broder. Yummy refreshments!

9 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 9 ROSWELL GARDEN CLUB RGC members have been very busy this fall. On October 8 members participated in the Fall Farm Days at the Archibald Smith Plantation, providing crafts, games, baked goods, and a concession table. Smith proved various artisans who demonstrated how things were done in the old days, wagon rides, petting zoo, and other activities. The estimate was 2,000 attendees on this beautiful fall day. Crafting is so much fun. Pumpkins, stick-ons, markers, beads. Children learn how to plant winter veggies.

10 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 10 RGC members celebrated the club s 65 th anniversary by visiting the GCG Headquarters and Gardens in Athens. RGC members decorated the Archibald Smith Plantation for Christmas. You must come and visit. Open every day through December 31.

11 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 11 RGC Christmas decorating continued... RGC s Christmas decorating will continue with a tree in the rotunda of the Roswell City Hall, a tree in the Visitors Center, the lobby of the Roswell Adult Recreation Center, and a private senior center in Roswell. Please come to Roswell in December and see what our members have done.

12 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 12 PENNY PINES PROGRAM Your Garden Club can participate in a meaningful and practical conservation project by contributing $68.00 to a Penny Pine plantation as part of the costs of replanting replacement trees indigenous to a particular damaged area, (Not Just Pine Trees). You may designate a specific State you wish to have benefit from this contribution. GEORGIA, of course!!!! Please include this project in your club s budget for Under a Conservation agreement, the Forest Service will do the planting, using your donation together with Federal funds. Thanks to our clubs generous contributions in , we were able to donate over $3000 to the Forest Service for our Chattahoochee & Oconee National Forests. HURRAY!!!! For each $68.00 contribution, you will receive a Penny Pines Certificate from National Garden Clubs, Inc. made "In Honor of: " or In Memory of: " a special someone who you wish to honor. (Certificates will be issued according to information listed on the form below). GCG is making a concerted effort to raise more money for the Penny Pines Program during this term. Your donations are greatly appreciated and will benefit the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests in our state. Your club also gets credit for participation [ see the annual President s Report of Garden Club Achievements.] Contributions should be for a minimum of $68.00 (or multiples thereof) - Make checks payable to "NGC- Penny Pines " and mail to: Barbara Bourque, Penny Pines Chairman for GCG 6445 Holland Drive Cumming, GA Questions? Contact me at b.bourque@comcast.net A completed form must be included PENNY PINES FORM Name of Club: District: Date: State: Georgia Natl. Forest this donation is to benefit: Total $ amount being sent: Chattahoochee-Oconee Nat. Forest Must be in increments of $68.00 each Please make this Certificate: In Honor of: or In Memory of: Sent by (Name): Phone No. Address: City: State: Zip + 4

13 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 13 ATTENTION Dogwood District Clubs- There s going to be a Native Plant Competition!!!! One of President Martha Price s projects is Native Plants. Using natives in your garden helps reduce the need for watering and they are proven winners to survive in our varying climates in the state. They also help sustain a diverse native wildlife in our environment. To promote the use of Native Plants by our members, we are establishing a friendly competition between the districts - for activities done during this term We ask that at all levels within the district, (clubs, councils, and districts) that our members promote the use of Native Plants in their home gardens and in public landscapes. Possible ideas: o Clubs/Councils can have programs/speakers on Native plants at their regular meetings. Plan speakers now for upcoming meetings!!!! o Include articles on Native plants in your newsletters o Use Native plants in landscape projects that are being done in public places. Talk to city/town governments and encourage them to use Native Plants o Encourage your members to purchase native plants to plant in their home gardens and support nurseries that carry native plants. o Document your efforts and send reports to Rosie, so she can have plenty of information for the contest application - due March 15th. Each District Director will need to complete an application for all that will have been accomplished during this term. Application due March 15, Clubs should submit information to Director Rosie as projects/activities are completed - the sooner the better. {Please include info for activities planned for March/April 2017.} The annual President s Report of Garden Club Achievements will give your club credit for Native Plant projects. Photographs are encouraged. This is an all-encompassing effort - not just what the Director does, not just what one or two clubs do but a compilation of everything done within the district concerning Native Plants. Points will be given for what percentage of clubs participate in this, as well as the quality & quantity of the projects. Judges will be fair-minded and impartial. SURPRISE - the winning District will have their name engraved on a special marker which will be placed in the State Botanical Garden in Athens. This will serve as a permanent reminder of GCG s dedication to the use of Native Plants, and showcase the winning District for their success in promoting this project. Questions? Contact Barbara Bourque, 2 nd VP & Native Plant Chairman b.bourque@comcast.net In every gardener there is a child who believes in The Seed Fairy. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

14 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 14 Please consider a donation to the Cherokee Garden Library The Cherokee Garden Library is unique. It was founded through the Cherokee Garden Club, a member of the Garden Club of Georgia. It preserves more than 30,000 books, periodicals, documents, and materials (including many from the GCG) and makes them available to the public, complimentary, for research and enjoyment. Its collection focuses on American horticulture and botanical history of the Southeast as well as areas of influence throughout the world. Together we are proud of our past year accomplishments. Celebrated the library s 40 th Anniversary. Presented Ken Druse author of Natural Companions: The Garden Lover s Guide to Plant Combinations. Served 8,000 members of the public and researchers through the collection and programs. Added to and continued the preservation of more than 30,000 documents and materials. Raised $2.5 million for CGL endowment, fulfilling a 2005 promise to the AHC and assuring our future. Your gifts and participation are an investment in the future, and we are deeply and sincerely appreciative. Since the beginning of this GCG/CGL program in 2012 GCG clubs and districts have contributed nearly $10,000. Last year 66 clubs and districts donated. We encourage each club to consider a generous gift of $25 or more and hope to exceed last year s totals. Please send your donation to: Brenda Griner, GCG Treasurer 244 Satilla Drive Brunswick, GA Be sure to write Cherokee Garden Library in the memo line of the check. Thank you for your past support. Your donation will be well invested and will help assure the preservation of this precious body of knowledge. "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." - Marcus Tullius Cicero

15 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 15 Curious about the GNPS Plant Rescue Program? A true benefit of GNPS membership by GNPS Oct 9, 2016 On rescuing native plants Saving them from certain destruction not only perpetuates their lives, it educates and enriches ours. Jeane Reeves, founder of the GNPS rescue program The plant rescue program is an important part of GNPS, and the work we do to save plants from destruction is rewarding to everyone who participates. At every rescue, the diggers are collecting plants not only for their own gardens but to donate to schools, churches, one of GNPS s many restoration projects, and public as well as private neighborhood gardens. Thousands of the plants available at the GNPS Spring and Fall plant sales were also rescued from destruction. A number of these are plants are difficult to obtain, or simply unavailable, in the nursery trade. There is more to rescues than just saving native plants. We are all teaching and learning every time we set foot on a rescue site. We also build relationships with others who share a common interest in these wonderful plants along with the pollinators and wildlife who depend on them for their existence. If you are a new member or have just never gone on a plant rescue, now is the time. Fall is the perfect planting season, and there are plenty of plants that need saving. On a rescue, we ll help you identify plants, show how to dig them, and share ideas about their aftercare. The rescue schedule is available on Click the Plant Rescue section (the second of four bars to the left of the screen) on the home page for more information, to view the rescue schedule, and sign up for one that interests you. We hope to see you on a rescue soon! Remember, never dig native plants on public property, or on private property without the permission of the owner, and dig only if the plants will be lost to development. Join a GNPS rescue instead and help us save the plants legally and ethically with other people who love native plants.

16 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 16 GA Native Plant Society continued... Membership Information Do you want to participate in plant rescues? Help at the plant sale! Join special hikes and fieldtrips? Visit members gardens during our annual garden tour? All these require that you be a member. Membership also includes a subscription to our excellent quarterly newsletter, NativeSCAPE, and entitles you to member priced admission to our annual symposium and workshops. Join today it s a great bargain! Memberships run from January 1 through December 31. Membership levels: Individual ($30) Family ($50) Senior, 55 and older ($25) Full-time Student ($25) Corporate/Commercial/Educational ($250) Lifetime Individual/Family ($1000) Fill out the online form to Become a Member or Renew Membership. You can choose to pay via PayPal or print and mail receipt, along with your check, to: GNPS, PO Box , Atlanta, Georgia If you have any questions, please call If you cannot complete the online form, download the GNPS Membership_Form, print it, fill it out and mail it to GNPS, with your check. Gift Membership Need a great gift for a native plant enthusiast? Consider a Gift Membership to the Georgia Native Plant Society for a friend, neighbor or colleague. The recipient will receive a gift card acknowledging your gift and will have all of the benefits of membership listed above. Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica) by GNPS Dec 26, 2015 Perennial Plant of the Year for 2016 A non-branched, clumping, herbaceous plant. A hummingbird favorite. Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea) by GNPS Mar 2, 2015 Perennial Butterflies and bees are attracted to the late summer blooms.

17 Dogwood District Newsletter 2016 Holiday Issue Page 17 COMMUNITY WILDLIFE PROJECT Jane Whiteman Many of the GCG members and friends have met the qualifications to have their yards certified as wildlife habitats. They are proudly displaying the Community Wildlife Project (CWP) signs in their yards. Which district will be awarded the CWP certificate for having the highest certification of the year in both the Backyard and Hummingbird Haven categories based on percentage of membership at the April Annual Meeting in Macon? Please encourage all Dogwood District residents to participate in this easy and important program. It's a win-win situation! By caring for and protecting our wildlife through Backyard Habitats, we also create wonderful viewing environments. As an added bonus, your club receives points on the annual Club President's report if you have members with certified backyards. Do you need an application so your yard will be certified? Contact Jane Whiteman, Dogwood District CWP Chairman jamawhit@bellsouth.net >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Bulb Sale Dogwood District Fundraiser Carol Martin A big thank you to all who purchased bulbs for this fundraiser! These monies go to fund Dogwood District expenses. CALENDAR Nov 14 Monday Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs Canterbury Court 2017 Jan 9 Monday Fulton Federation of Garden Clubs Canterbury Court Jan 19 Thursday Dogwood District Board Meeting Sandy Springs Library DOGWOOD DIALOGUE DEADLINE January 24, 2017 Please send your articles and photos ASAP after the event as you can to carolynhrgc@gmail.com. On the subject line of your , please type Dogwood Dialogue. Thanks. Don't wear perfume in the garden unless you want to be pollinated by bees. ~Anne Raver